Biography
Dr. Sascha Priewe is the Aga Khan Museum’s Director of Collections & Public Programs. In this role he oversees the programmatic work of the museum including curatorial, exhibitions, collections, education, performing arts, festivals, digital production, and attendant strategic partnerships. He has previously served as Associate VP, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, as well as the Curator in charge of Chinese and Korean collections at the British Museum, London.
He holds professorial appointments at the University of Toronto and Queen’s University, is a Senior Fellow of Massey College and was a 2019-21 Research Fellow of the USC Center on Public Diplomacy. He is also a co-founder of the North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative (NACDI). Sascha has authored two books on museum diplomacy and is currently partnering with Sarah E.K. Smith on projects on diaspora museums and diaspora diplomacy, as well as on the global engagement of Canadian museums and art galleries after Covid.
In terms of sector leadership, he serves as the President of ICOM Canada, which is the Canadian national committee of the International Council of Museums. He is also currently the chair of the Global Leadership Council of the Idaho Museum of International Diaspora and has previously served on the board of the Ontario Museum Association.
He holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of Oxford.